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Battlefield 4 is a 2013 first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts.^[1]

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Aberdeen Typhoon Shelters

The Aberdeen Typhoon Shelters of Hong Kong are Aberdeen West Typhoon Shelter and Aberdeen South Typhoon Shelter.

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Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is a non-profit organization of video game industry professionals.

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Acrophobia

Acrophobia, also known as hypsophobia, is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up.

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Active camouflage

Active camouflage or adaptive camouflage is camouflage that adapts, often rapidly, to the surroundings of an object such as an animal or military vehicle.

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Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness or radiation poisoning, is a collection of health effects that are caused by being exposed to high amounts of ionizing radiation in a short period of time.

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Aerial warfare

Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare.

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Air supremacy

Aerial supremacy (also known as air superiority) is the degree to which a side in a conflict holds control of air power over opposing forces.

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Altai Mountains

The Altai Mountains, also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia and Eastern Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters.

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AMD

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational corporation and fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that designs, develops and sells computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets.

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Ammunition

Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system.

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AN-94

The AN-94 (Russian: 5,45-мм автомат Никонова обр. 1987 г. / АН-94 «Абака́н», GRAU designation 6P33) is a Russian assault rifle.

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Anambas Islands Regency

Anambas Islands Regency (Kabupaten Kepulauan Anambas) is a small archipelago of Indonesia, located northeast of Batam Island in the North Natuna Sea between the Malaysian mainland to the west and the island of Borneo to the east.

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Android (operating system)

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

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Antagonist

An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the main enemy and rival of the protagonist.

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AOL

AOL (stylized as Aol., formerly a company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Yahoo! Inc. The service traces its history to an online service known as PlayNET.

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Arecibo Telescope

The Arecibo Telescope was a spherical reflector radio telescope built into a natural sinkhole at the Arecibo Observatory located near Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a 2013 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. Battlefield 4 and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag are 2013 video games, video game interquels and video games using Havok.

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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Baikal Mountains

The Baikal Mountains or Baikal Range (Байкальский хребет, Baykalskiy khrebet; Байгалай дабаан, Baigalai dabaan) are a mountain range that rises steeply over the northwestern shore of Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia.

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Battlefield (video game series)

Battlefield is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by Swedish company EA DICE and is published by American company Electronic Arts. Battlefield 4 and Battlefield (video game series) are electronic Arts games.

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Battlefield 2042

Battlefield 2042 is a 2021 first-person shooter, developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 2042 are Battlefield (video game series), electronic Arts games, Frostbite (game engine) games, video game interquels, video games developed in Sweden, video games set in Egypt, video games set in Iran, video games set in Singapore and video games set in the future.

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Battlefield 2142

Battlefield 2142 is a 2006 first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 2142 are Battlefield (video game series), electronic Arts games, video games developed in Sweden, video games set in Egypt, video games set in France, video games set in Russia and video games set in the future.

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Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 3 are Asymmetrical multiplayer video games, Battlefield (video game series), electronic Arts games, Esports games, Frostbite (game engine) games, Martyrdom in fiction, Trains in fiction, video game interquels, video games about the United States Marine Corps, video games developed in Sweden, video games set in Azerbaijan, video games set in France, video games set in Iran, video games set in Ukraine and video games using Havok.

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Battlefield Hardline

Battlefield Hardline is a first-person shooter video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts. Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline are Asymmetrical multiplayer video games, Battlefield (video game series), Frostbite (game engine) games, video games that support Mantle (API) and video games using Havok.

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Battlespace

Battlespace or battle-space is a term used to signify a military strategy which integrates multiple armed forces for the military theatre of operations, including air, information, land, sea, cyber and outer space to achieve military goals.

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C-4 (explosive)

C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent.

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Call of Duty: Ghosts

Call of Duty: Ghosts is a 2013 first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. Battlefield 4 and Call of Duty: Ghosts are 2013 video games, video games set in China, video games set in Egypt and video games using Havok.

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Camouflage

Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else.

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Capture the flag

Capture the Flag (CTF) is a traditional outdoor sport where two or more teams each have a flag (or other markers) and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base" (or hidden or even buried somewhere in the territory), and bring it safely back to their own base.

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Carbine

A carbine is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length.

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Côn Đảo

The Côn Đảo ("Côn Island") are an archipelago of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, in the Southeast region of Vietnam, and also a district of this province.

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CB90-class fast assault craft

Stridsbåt 90 H(alv) (Strb 90 H; CB90) is a class of fast military assault craft used by several countries after being originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet.

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Censorship in China

Censorship in the People's Republic of China is mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Changhe Z-10

The Changhe Z-10 (直-10, "helicopter-10") is a Chinese (developed together with Russian Kamov bureau) medium attack helicopter developed for the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.

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Chersky Range

The Chersky Range is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana and Indigirka Rivers.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Circana

Circana, formerly known as IRI Worldwide and The NPD Group (previously National Purchase Diary Panel Inc. and NPD Research Inc.) is an American market research and technology company.

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Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia is a fear of confined spaces.

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Color blindness

Color blindness or color vision deficiency (CVD) is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color.

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Coup d'état

A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.

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D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year

The D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards.

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D.I.C.E. Award for Online Game of the Year

The D.I.C.E. Award for Online Game of the Year is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards.

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D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

The D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards.

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D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement

The D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards.

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Defibrillation

Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach).

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Designated marksman rifle

A designated marksman rifle (DMR) is a modern scoped high-precision rifle used by infantry in the designated marksman (DM) role.

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DICE (company)

EA Digital Illusions CE AB (trade name: DICE) is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm. Battlefield 4 and DICE (company) are Battlefield (video game series).

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DirectX

Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms.

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Dog tag

Dog tag is an informal but common term for a specific type of identification tag worn by military personnel.

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Downloadable content

Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher.

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E3 2013

The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013 (E3 2013) was the 19th E3 held.

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EA (app)

EA, also known as EA Desktop and formerly known as Origin, is a digital distribution platform for Microsoft Windows and macOS, developed by Electronic Arts for purchasing and playing video games.

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EA Play

EA Play (formerly EA Access and Origin Access) is a subscription-based video game service from Electronic Arts for the Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows platforms, offering access to selected games published by Electronic Arts along with additional incentives.

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Eighth generation of video game consoles

The eighth generation of video game consoles began in 2012, and consists of four home video game consoles: the Wii U released in 2012, the PlayStation 4 family in 2013, the Xbox One family in 2013, and the Nintendo Switch family in 2017.

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Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.

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Eurogamer

Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.

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Explosive

An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.

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External ballistics

External ballistics or exterior ballistics is the part of ballistics that deals with the behavior of a projectile in flight.

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FIFA (video game series)

FIFA is a discontinued football video game franchise that was developed by EA Vancouver and EA Romania and published by EA Sports. Battlefield 4 and FIFA (video game series) are Esports games.

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Firearm modification

Firearm modification is commonly done in order to enhance various aspects of the performance of a firearm.

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First-person shooter

A first-person shooter (FPS) is a video game centered on gun fighting and other weapon-based combat seen from a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action directly through the eyes of the main character.

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Frostbite (game engine)

Frostbite is a game engine developed by DICE, designed for cross-platform use on Microsoft Windows, seventh generation game consoles PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, eighth generation game consoles PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and ninth generation game consoles PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, in addition to usage in the cloud streaming service Google Stadia.

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Future plc

Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.

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Game Developers Conference

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is an annual conference for video game developers.

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Game Informer

Game Informer (GI) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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GamesRadar+

GamesRadar+ (formerly GamesRadar) is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews.

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Gawker

Gawker was an American blog founded by Nick Denton and Elizabeth Spiers that was based in New York City and focused on celebrities and the media industry.

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Glitch

A glitch is a short-lived technical fault, such as a transient one that corrects itself, making it difficult to troubleshoot.

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Gobi Desert

The Gobi Desert (Говь) is a large, cold desert and grassland region in northern China and southern Mongolia and is the sixth largest desert in the world.

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God Eater 2

is a video game developed by Shift and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment on November 14, 2013, in Japan for PlayStation Portable. Battlefield 4 and God Eater 2 are 2013 video games.

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Graphics Core Next

Graphics Core Next (GCN) is the codename for a series of microarchitectures and an instruction set architecture that were developed by AMD for its GPUs as the successor to its TeraScale microarchitecture.

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Guilin

Guilin (Standard Zhuang: Gveilinz), formerly romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

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Hainan

Hainan is an island province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration.

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Health (game terminology)

Health is a video game or tabletop game quality that determines the maximum amount of damage or fatigue something takes before leaving the main game.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hovercraft tank

Hovercraft tank, or, officially, the amphibious hovering tank (Russian: Земноводный подлетающий танк) was developed at Moscow aircraft plant #84 in the USSR in 1937 by a group of engineers led by professor Vladimir Israilevich Levkov.

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HUD (video games)

In video gaming, the HUD (heads-up display) or status bar is the method by which information is visually relayed to the player as part of a game's user interface.

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IBT Media is an American global digital news organization with over 90 million monthly readers, owned by followers of religious leader David Jang.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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Infantry fighting vehicle

An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support.

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International Business Times

The International Business Times is an American online newspaper that publishes five national editions in four languages.

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IOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed by Apple exclusively for its smartphones.

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Jiangbei, Chongqing

Jiangbei District is a district of Chongqing municipality.

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Joystiq

Joystiq was a video gaming blog founded in June 2004 as part of the Weblogs, Inc. family of weblogs, now owned by AOL.

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Karelia

Karelia (Karelian and Karjala; Kareliya, historically Коре́ла, Korela; Karelen) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden.

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Koryak Mountains

The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands are an area of mountain ranges in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai, with a small part in Magadan Oblast.

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Kotaku

Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network.

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Kunlun Mountains

The Kunlun Mountains constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending for more than.

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Land warfare

Land warfare or ground warfare is the process of military operations eventuating in combat that takes place predominantly on the battlespace land surface of the planet.

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Laser designator

A laser designator is a laser light source which is used to designate a target.

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Loot box

In video game terminology, a loot box (also called a loot crate or prize crate) is a consumable virtual item which can be redeemed to receive a randomised selection of further virtual items, or loot, ranging from simple customization options for a player's avatar or character to game-changing equipment such as weapons and armor.

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Lumphini Park

Lumphini Park (สวนลุมพินี), also Lumpini or Lumpinee, is a 360 rai park in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Machinima, Inc.

Machinima, Inc. was an American independent multiplatform online entertainment network owned by WarnerMedia.

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Main battle tank

A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank,Ogorkiewicz 2018 p222 is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies.

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Mainland China

Mainland China is the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War.

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Malyshev Factory

The Malyshev Factory (translit; abbreviated), formerly the Kharkov Locomotive Factory, is a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Mantle (API)

Mantle was a low-overhead rendering API targeted at 3D video games.

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Mare's Leg

The Mare's Leg is the name given to a customized shortened rifle used by Steve McQueen's character on the television series Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961).

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Marketing strategy

Marketing strategy refers to efforts undertaken by an organization to increase its sales and achieve competitive advantage.

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Medal of Honor: Warfighter

Medal of Honor: Warfighter is a first-person shooter video game developed by Danger Close Games and published by Electronic Arts. Battlefield 4 and Medal of Honor: Warfighter are electronic Arts games, Frostbite (game engine) games and video games using Havok.

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is a Japanese company that gathers and analyzes data from the digital entertainment industry, specifically focusing on the Japanese console gaming market.

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Melee

A melee (or, French: mêlée) or pell-mell is disorganized hand-to-hand combat in battles fought at abnormally close range with little central control once it starts.

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Micro air vehicle

A micro air vehicle (MAV), or micro aerial vehicle, is a class of man-portable miniature UAVs whose size enables them to be used in low-altitude, close-in support operations.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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Mini-map

A mini-map or minimap is a miniature map HUD element that is often placed at a screen corner in video games to help players in orienting themselves within the game world.

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Mirror's Edge Catalyst

Mirror's Edge Catalyst is a 2016 first-person action-adventure platform game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. Battlefield 4 and Mirror's Edge Catalyst are electronic Arts games, Frostbite (game engine) games, video games developed in Sweden and Xbox Cloud Gaming games.

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MobyGames

MobyGames is a commercial website that catalogs information on video games and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing.

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Multiplayer video game

A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same computing system (couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or via a wide area network, most commonly the Internet (e.g.

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Multiple Kill Vehicle

The Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) was a planned U.S. missile defense program whose goal was to design, develop, and deploy multiple small kinetic energy-based warheads that can intercept and destroy multiple ballistic missiles, including possible decoy targets (penetration aids).

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Naval warfare

Naval warfare is combat in and on the sea, the ocean, or any other battlespace involving a major body of water such as a large lake or wide river.

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Need for Speed

Need for Speed (NFS) is a racing game franchise published by Electronic Arts and currently developed by Criterion Games (the developers of the ''Burnout'' series).

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Netcode

Netcode is a blanket term most commonly used by gamers relating to networking in online games, often referring to synchronization issues between clients and servers.

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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier

The Nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy.

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Official Xbox Magazine

Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) was a British monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch of the original Xbox.

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OpenGL

OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics.

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OTs-14 Groza

The OTs-14-4 "Groza-4" (lit) is a Russian selective fire bullpup assault rifle chambered for the 9×39mm subsonic cartridge.

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Paracel Islands

The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands and the Hoàng Sa Archipelago (lit), are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea under de facto administration by the People's Republic of China.

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Paramount Streaming

Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc.

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PC World

PC World (stylized as PCWorld) is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG.

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People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.

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People's Liberation Army Daily

The People's Liberation Army Daily, or PLA Daily for short, is the official newspaper of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).

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People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps

The People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps (PLANMC), also known as the People's Liberation Army Marine Corps (PLAMC), is the marine force of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and one of five major branches of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) responsible for amphibious warfare, expeditionary operations and rapid responses.

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Personal computer

A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.

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Personal defense weapon

Personal defense weapons (PDWs) are a class of compact, magazine-fed automatic firearms that are typically submachine guns designed to fire rifle-like cartridges.

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PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia.

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PlayStation 4

The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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Pokémon X and Y

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are 2013 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. Battlefield 4 and Pokémon X and Y are 2013 video games and video games set in France.

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Polygon (website)

Polygon is an American entertainment website by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, and other popular culture.

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Prone position

Prone position is a body position in which the person lies flat with the chest down and the back up.

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Pyongyang

Pyongyang (Hancha: 平壤, Korean: 평양) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution".

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Qinghai–Tibet railway

The Qinghai–Tibet railway or Qingzang railway (མཚོ་བོད་ལྕགས་ལམ།, mtsho bod lcags lam), is a high-elevation railway line in China between Xining, Qinghai Province, and Lhasa, Tibet.

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Radar jamming and deception

Radar jamming and deception is a form of electronic countermeasures (ECMs) that intentionally sends out radio frequency signals to interfere with the operation of radar by saturating its receiver with noise or false information.

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Radeon

Radeon is a brand of computer products, including graphics processing units, random-access memory, RAM disk software, and solid-state drives, produced by Radeon Technologies Group, a division of AMD.

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Radio beacon

In navigation, a radio beacon or radiobeacon is a kind of beacon, a device that marks a fixed location and allows direction-finding equipment to find relative bearing.

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Railgun

A railgun or rail gun, sometimes referred to as a rail cannon is a linear motor device, typically designed as a weapon, that uses electromagnetic force to launch high-velocity projectiles.

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Real-time strategy

Real-time strategy (RTS) is a subgenre of strategy video games that does not progress incrementally in turns, but allow all players to play simultaneously, in "real time".

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Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP ("Robbins Geller") is an American law firm headquartered in San Diego, California.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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SA80

The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes were created in 1976, with production of the A1 variant starting in 1985 and ending in 1994.

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (also called the Exchange Act, '34 Act, or 1934 Act) (codified at et seq.) is a law governing the secondary trading of securities (stocks, bonds, and debentures) in the United States of America.

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Selective fire

Selective fire, or select fire, is the capability of a weapon to be adjusted to fire in semi-automatic, fully automatic, and/or burst mode.

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Sequel

A sequel is a work of literature, film, theater, television, music, or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work.

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Shanghai

Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Single-player video game

A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session.

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Software bug

A software bug is a bug in computer software.

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South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Special Operations Forces (Russia)

The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly known as the Special Operations Forces (SOF; Sily spetsial’nykh operatsiy; SSO), are strategic-level special forces under the Special Operations Forces Command (Komandovanie sil spetsial’nykh operatsii; KSSO or KSO) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Spratly Islands

The Spratly Islands (Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; Mandarin p; Kepulauan Spratly; Quần đảo Trường Sa) are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea.

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Squatting position

Squatting is a versatile posture where the weight of the body is on the feet but the knees and hips are bent.

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Star Wars Battlefront (2015 video game)

Star Wars Battlefront is an action shooter video game developed by DICE, with additional work from Criterion Games, and published by Electronic Arts in November 2015. Battlefield 4 and Star Wars Battlefront (2015 video game) are Asymmetrical multiplayer video games, electronic Arts games, Frostbite (game engine) games and video games developed in Sweden.

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Submarine base

A submarine base is a military base that shelters submarines and their personnel.

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Suez Canal

The Suez Canal (قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.

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Type 99 tank

The Type 99 or ZTZ-99 is a Chinese third generation main battle tank (MBT).

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance

Force Reconnaissance (FORECON) are United States Marine Corps deep reconnaissance companies that supply military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). Force Reconnaissance companies unlike USMC division reconnaissance report to the Marine expeditionary force (MEF) and provide direct action and deep reconnaissance during large-scale operations.

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University of Southern California

The University of Southern California (USC, SC, Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Unmanned ground vehicle

An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is a vehicle that operates while in contact with the ground without an onboard human presence.

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Vault (gymnastics)

The vault is an artistic gymnastics apparatus which gymnasts perform on, as well as the event performed on that apparatus.

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VG247

VG247 (previously videogaming247) is a video game blog published in the United Kingdom, founded in February 2008 by industry veteran Patrick Garratt.

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Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north.

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Video game journalism

Video game journalism (or video game criticism) is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of video games, typically based on a core "reveal–preview–review" cycle.

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Visceral Games

Visceral Games, previously EA Redwood Shores, was an American video game developer studio owned by Electronic Arts.

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Voyage data recorder

Voyage data recorder, or VDR, is a data recording system designed for all vessels required to comply with the IMO's International Convention SOLAS Requirements (IMO Res.A.861(20)) in order to collect data from various sensors on board the vessel.

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Wasp-class amphibious assault ship

The Wasp-class is a class of landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy.

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Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft.

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Xbox One

The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft.

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Xiaowan Dam

The Xiaowan Dam is an arch dam on the Lancang (Mekong) River in Nanjian County, Yunnan Province in southwest China.

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XM25 CDTE

The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) System, also known as the Punisher and Individual Semiautomatic Air Burst System was an airburst grenade launcher with programmable ammunition derived from the XM29 OICW.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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ZFB-05

The ZFB-05 Xinxing is a Chinese armored personnel carrier developed mainly for the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, the People's armed Police, police forces, Chinese UN peacekeepers, and the export market.

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Ziff Davis

Ziff Davis, Inc. is an American digital media and internet company.

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17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

The 17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 17th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2013.

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18th Satellite Awards

The 18th Satellite Awards ceremony, honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, home videos and interactive media, was presented by the International Press Academy at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, Los Angeles, as part of the 2013–14 film awards season.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_4

Also known as BF 4, BF4, Battle field 4, Battlefield Four, China Rising.

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